Green Jottings
While all eyes have been on the Big Green varsity football squad, Coaches Doggie Julian and Joe Sullivan have emerged with a better-than-average freshman football team this fall. The '565 lost to Harvard 13-7 but then went on to down Yale 34-7, Boston University 13-0 and the University of New Hampshire 13 to 12, for a record of three wins against one defeat. There's some pretty promising varsity material on this squad, with quarterbacks Bill Beagle and McKenna, halfbacks Frank Krol (brother of Johnny Krol '43) and Tony Bruscino, and guard Stew Klapper, as well as some other talented operators. Too early to make any predictions, but possibly the varsity will get some help next fall from these lads.
Coach Alvin "Doggie" Julian has a 25-man squad at work already on basketball plays, but claims he's "jinxed" before the season begins. First off, one of his most promising sophomore center candidates left college this fall; then Paul Wisdom, only veteran center, was hospitalized with a leg injury that will keep him out of action until late December; and finally, on the third day of practice, veteran Jim Cobb was stepped on and went to the hospital with a severed Achilles tendon, which will sideline him for a couple of months.
Hockey Coach Eddie Jeremiah is lameriting the lack of real talent on his hockey squad this winter, but is expected to pick up some help from last year's frosh squad and can't be too badly off when he goes ahead and schedules an exhibition game with the Boston Bruins.
Speaking of Jeremiah, that astute gentleman has been doing a lot of football officiating this fall. In the traditional Maine-Bowdoin game, Jerry pulled a boner. It seemed that one of the Bowdoin players cut down a Maine man from behind and Jerry threw down the marker for a clipping penalty. He was rather embarrassed to discover than the Maine man was the ball-carrier and naturally there can be no clipping called when its done on the ball-carrier. Jerry readily admitted his mistake to the players, informed the press of his miscall at halftime, and got a nice half-column from Bill Cunningham on Monday morning. It pays to be honest, Jerry.
Coach Karl Michael informs this department that his swimming team this winter will not be as strong as during the past several seasons. He has lost some good men via the graduation route and several other standouts are unavailable for various reasons. However, he has consistently come up with the best record of all winter teams and we wouldn't be a bit surprised if he repeats this year. Coach Red Hoehn's squash men are at it already and there's some good talent in this sport for '52.
The early snows which have beset Hanover this month (November) remind us that the skiing season isn't far off. As usual Walter Prager is fairly tight-lipped about the Big Green skiers, but at least he isn't complaining. And who would be with veterans like Brooks Dodge, Tom Corcoran, Bill Tibbits, Bill Beck and a host of others already limbering up? The Indians will be short on jumpers, but other than that should have little trouble.
Wrestling, a sport which made a brief postwar bow at Dartmouth, is now being revived on an unofficial basis. Chuck Ennis '54 is sparking the revival and has a squad of some sixty grunt-and-groaners working out daily in the gym.
LATE FALL WORKOUT: Four members of the cross-country squad take off on a practice sprint at Memorial Field. L to r: Bill Andre '53, Paul Merriken '55, Dick Hogarfy '55 and Walt Clarkson '54.
